Ivan Savov

Nadezhda is a high school English teacher near Sofia who also works as a translator to earn extra cash. Stunned by a theft reported by one of her students she is determined to find the culprit and punish him. As events unravel at work, her personal life changes drastically. A bailiff notifies her that the bank is about to seize her house and put it up for auction because of unpaid mortgage payments. Determined to keep her house, she will do everything she can to get the money before it is too late. Her personal and professional life will converge as she wonders, while exhausting all possible options, whether to question the principles she teaches her students.

Svetla, a strong-willed widow, lives alone in a small Bulgarian village close to the Turkish border. She has recently lost her job as a teacher due to the lack of families with young children. One day, while hunting in a forest, she encounters an African refugee, Bamba, who is trying to reach Germany, and will bring about a dramatic turn in her life. Reluctantly, she offers him hospitality, but day after day, a bond develops as Bamba learns the language and takes part in her daily life. Svetla will make life-changing choices that go against her traditional community creating a revolt among the villagers. Absurd, comic and tragic situations ensue as she breaks barriers of loneliness, close mindedness and fear of the outsider.

Against the backdrop of the 2013 protests in Sofia, Bulgaria, a generational clash takes shape between a liberal PR and his elderly communist parents.